Equitix, Kansai invest in Electricity North West
Consortium led by Kansai Electric Power Co. Inc. and Equitix join First State Investments and J. P. Morgan Asset Management as owners of Electricity North West. The new consortium takes a 50% share in the company.
Electricity North West Limited is a distribution network operator which owns, invests in, operates and maintains the network which carries electricity from the national grid to homes and businesses across the North West. It serves approximately 5 million customers across 2.4 million premises. Electricity North West operates from urban Manchester to rural Cumbria with a network of 57,000km of cables and wires.
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